Summary

A massive Ukrainian drone strike targeted Russian oil refineries and infrastructure, including Moscow’s largest refinery, which supplies 50% of the city’s fuel.

The attack also hit the Druzhba pipeline control station, halting Russian oil exports to Hungary. With over 337 drones striking multiple regions, the operation exploited gaps in Russia’s air defenses.

Hungary, heavily reliant on Russian energy, called the pipeline attack a threat to its sovereignty.

Analysts suggest continued strikes could pressure Russia’s economy and energy dominance, potentially influencing ceasefire negotiations.

  • Teppichbrand@feddit.org
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    Schrödingers Russia is on the verge of collaps and about to conquer Europe for three years now

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    21 hours ago

    Hungary, heavily reliant on Russian energy, called the pipeline attack a threat to its sovereignty.

    You had fucking 3 years to look for alternatives.

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      1 hour ago

      What alternatives do they have? We’re seeing Germanys economy in free fall, VW closing plants for the first time ever, because their only alternative is US LNG, which costs massively more than the energy they had been getting from Russia.

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        If only there was some massive ball of super heated plasma in the sky from which we could draw energy from, that also moved the atmosphere of the planet which would open another avenue of energy capture, which also happened to move vast quantities of heavy things like water uphill which would also be an opportunity for energy, or if the ground beneath us was warm enough to use for energy, or if there were shiny green rocks the ground that could be used for power.

        Yup, surely there have been zero alternatives.

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      15 hours ago

      No, they don’t. Ukraine is about to get kicked out from Kursk and lose the little leverage they had in the negotiations.

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        Good job russia, they finally achieved something… like 6 months later… and with the ukrainians leaving on their own… but we have to give them something, right?

        Fuck russia

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            Sure. Ukraine is retreating from the Kursk region, with minimal losses. Holding dirt doesn’t win wars. Meanwhile they’re making huge wins in east (not a ton of dirt, but destroying assets and soldiers), and these strikes into Russia on very strategically important assets.

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            4 hours ago

            Perhaps you may want to diversify on those that are feeding propaganda to you ;)

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              Sure, do you have a source from this past week claiming Ukraine is not losing ground in Kursk?

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        What part of the US did the Taliban conquer to exchange it for the US to leave the country?

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          This is not at comparable with the US invasion of Afghanistan.

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              Because many people in Crimea and in the eastern regions actually want to be under Russian influence.

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                And there are ways for them to get that. For instance, about 200,000 Afghans resided or immigrated to America between 2000 and 2021. What was stopping those in Crimea from doing the same? And we haven’t even addressed if that “many” is actually a majority.

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                  The opposite is happening, people who want to remain under Ukrainian influence are moving to the regions still under Ukrainian control.

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    Waiting for Putin to claim Ukraine is crossing the line doing this. While he is perfectly OK with bombing Ukrainian Nuclear power plants and dams. Things that are actually clearly war crimes.

    It’s so cool that Ukraine has found a way to strike back, and they do it within international law!!

    Fuck you Russia and fuck you Putin.
    Your days are numbered!

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      So many of Moscow’s ‘Red Lines’ have been crossed it’s starting to look like a red carpet.

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        Why do you think they aren’t? It’s not like revolution is unheard of there. Do you have any real reason, or just faith. I don’t really think believing in things makes it true, or the world would be a much different place.

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          Because the revolution is not likely to happen anytime soon. Of course, I can be wrong.